Two "fighter monkeys," jumping on the bed... one fell off and split his nose open!
Harrison can't catch a break lately! He and Carter were naughtily jumping on our bed Wednesday night, and Harrison fell off and his nose landed on the corner of an old computer hard drive we're going to recycle. It bled quite a bit and we thought he had a nose bleed at first, but upon closer inspection, we found he had a deep, gaping cut in the "nasal fold," the little crack between his nostril and cheek. We called the advice nurse and she thought he might need stitches, so off we went around 9:30 PM to the after-hours clinic (Harrison's second time in 2 1/2 weeks). He wasn't happy at the thought of stitches, and worried that he'd look funny at school the next day, but we assured him that if he did get them, he could wear a bandage.
We didn't have to wait too long to be seen, considering how late it was. Once we were in an exam room and the doctor arrived, she decided that medical superglue would be just fine to help heal the wound. By then Harrison was fast asleep and didn't really care for being jolted awake by cold stinging alcohol cleaning the cut, followed by stinging superglue (why does it all have to sting?), but was happy about the "no stitches!" His face looks a little gloppy where the glue is, and it won't come off for the next 5 days or so, but we're so glad he didn't have to go through the trauma (and embarrassment) of stitches.